Важные судебные решения и новости для иммигрантов

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>>> The European Court of Justice could extend Surinder Singh rights to unmarried partners: <noindex>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/docu...&cid=503334</noindex>

 

On 10 April 2018, Advocate General Bobek delivered his Opinion in C-89/17 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Banger, following a reference made to the Court of Justice of the European Union, by the former President of the Upper Tribunal, McCloskey J.

 

There were four questions referred to the CJEU. Essentially, the issue is whether Surinder Singh free movement rights apply to unmarried couples as well as spouses. The President also asked whether the lack of a right of appeal against the refusal of a residence card to an extended family member was compatible with EU law.

 

The Advocate General concluded that the principles derived from case law such as Singh and O and B were not limited to family members. They could be applied by analogy to extended family members too; in this case, an unmarried partner.

 

Therefore, the Advocate General considered:

 

“Article 21(1) and Article 45 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that, where a Union citizen has created or strengthened his family life during the exercise of residence rights in another Member State, the facilitation regime provided for in Article 3(2) of Directive 2004/38 is applicable by analogy to the partner with whom the Union citizen has a durable relationship upon the return of the Union citizen to his Member State of origin. As a result, that Member State must facilitate, within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the directive, in accordance with its national legislation, the entry and residence of the partner with whom the Union citizen has a duly attested durable relationship.

 

When a Union citizen returns to his Member State of origin after having exercised his residence rights in another Member State where he has created or strengthened his family life with a partner with whom he has a duly attested durable relationship, Article 21(1) and Article 45 TFEU require that, when deciding on the entry and residence of that partner, the Member State of origin of the Union citizen undertakes an extensive examination of their personal circumstances and justify any refusal of entry or residence, pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 2004/38.”

 

The judgment is anticipated in approximately three to six months.

 

>>> Court of Appeal to Home Office: Go Away: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/790.html</noindex>

 

The judgment is noteworthy for what it says about the Home Office approach to litigation, and for demonstrating how hard it is to win a deportation appeal.

 

“There was no issue of general importance other than the suggestion that there was a “systemic” problem in the UT. That was an unusual allegation and a serious one… Having obtained permission on that basis, the Appellant failed either to make the submission good with evidence or to pursue the argument. She abandoned it without even explaining why. In my view, in all the circumstances of this case, the Appellant’s conduct was indeed unreasonable to a high degree.”

It is ironic that the Secretary of State complained of a “systemic” issue with the Upper Tribunal’s treatment of deportation cases.

 

It has long been the Secretary of State’s approach to challenge every allowed deportation appeal, notwithstanding the merits of the case, arguing at almost every turn that determinations of the immigration tribunals refuse to exhibit sufficient cap-doffing to the “public interest” in booting out foreign criminals.

 

As ever in this area, decisions are driven as much by politics as they are the law, with no apparent concern for the consequences. The Court of Appeal’s punitive costs order is the least it could have done.

 

>>> Immigration Rules are a disgrace, senior judge complains: <noindex>https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/upl...ty-16042018.pdf</noindex>

 

Lord Justice Irwin has labelled the Immigration Rules a “disgrace” in the latest example of judicial disquiet over the complexity and poor drafting of the bedrock immigration regulations.

 

Speaking earlier this week, the Court of Appeal judge hit out at “obscurity” and “cannibalistic drafting” in legislation, of which he said the Rules “provide many classic examples”. The end result is a product that lay people find “completely impenetrable”. Irwin concluded that:

 

"The Immigration Rules are, in truth, something of a disgrace."

 

Irwin, who was first appointed to the judiciary in 2006, noted that the work of the parliamentary and government lawyers who draft laws “can be rendered more difficult where political objectives, perhaps particularly populist political objectives, come into play”.

 

In a speech entitled “Complexity and obscurity in the law”, Irwin also used the EEA Regulations as an example of bad practice. They contain “at least three different bases on which the Secretary of State could refuse an application” from an extended family member, the judge pointed out, “though it was often unclear how these interrelated”. Irwin was part of the Court of Appeal bench that decided Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1755 (reported on Free Movement in this post), from which that example comes.

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>>> Can the missing part of the lawful residence under the 10 Year Long Residence Rule (para 276) be accumulated while awaiting an appeal hearing ?

 

The answer is “it may”. That means that if the appeal has not yet been heard by the judge, then the appellant may apply to vary the grounds, relying on the case of the MU (‘statement of additional grounds’ – long residence – discretion) Bangaldesh [2010] UKUT 442 (IAC) where the Tribunal agreed that a person could accumulate ten years (for the Long Residence application for ILR) while waiting for an appeal hearing and that it would then be up to the Tribunal to rule on whether the Appellants met the criteria. If the only missing part were the English language / KOL requirement then the Respondent would grant a shorter period of leave.

 

The headnote of that case reads as follows:

 

“As held in AS (Afghanistan) and NV (Sri Lanka) [2010] EWCA Civ 1076, there is no time limit on serving a Statement of Additional Grounds in response to a ‘section 120 notice’. Thus, an appellant may accrue ten years’ lawful leave (including leave extended by section 3C of the 1971 Act) while his appeal is pending. The Tribunal may then be asked to decide whether the appellant qualifies for indefinite leave under the Long Residence Rule.”

 

If the appellant has already had the hearing and is just waiting for the decision, there is no benefit to the appellant in waiting until the appeal rights are exhausted unless the appellant needs a positive finding on an ancillary matter in order to succeed under 276B – for example, if the appellant needs a finding that the appellant has not used ETS deception, for example.

 

>>> There is no residence requirement for registration in case the child is born in the UK but is then taken overseas for a number of years, and the parents are divorced. If, say the father is granted ILR and is naturalized as a British citizen, the child can then generally be registered as a minor British citizen at any time.

>>> Submitting the missing documents after the application was lodged is not a good idea

 

The reason is described in the para 34 of the Rules. Also, as an example, the para D of the Appendix FMSE states that:

“D. (a) In deciding an application in relation to which this Appendix states that specified documents must be provided, the Entry Clearance Officer or Secretary of State (“the decision-maker”) will consider documents that have been submitted with the application, and will only consider documents submitted after the application where sub-paragraph (, (e) or (f) applies.”

 

The difficulty is that the date of submission is usually the date of posting under para 34 of the Rules. Therefore, if an applicant deliberately does not provide any documents at the time of the application, not reassurance can be assumed that the application can then unilaterally submit additional

documentation unless requested by the caseworker.

 

>>> Home Office News: Free citizenship for the Windrush generation (23 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-cit...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Members of the Windrush generation who arrived in the UK before 1973 will be eligible for free citizenship, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced today.

 

>>> Home Office Statement: Home Secretary statement on the Windrush generation (23 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home...ntent=immediate</noindex>

The Home Secretary's statement to the House of Commons on the Windrush generation.

 

>>> Home Office Guidance: Undocumented Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK (23 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Information about what undocumented long-term residents of the UK need to do to obtain documents showing their status here.

 

 

 

 

 

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>>> Sole responsibility vs EEA applications

Apparently, the sole responsibility may be the wrong test for EEA family permits in line with the case of the UTT case of YAN MA: <noindex>HTTP://WWW.BAILII.ORG/UK/CASES/UKAITUR/2018/EA031032015.HTML</noindex>

 

At the same time, the consent of both of the parent s is expected in line with : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ndants-under-18</noindex>

 

“21. EUN2.21 Applications from direct descendants under 18

 

In order to protect the interests of minors, ECOs should ensure that they have established parental responsibility for children applying for EEA family permits as direct descendants of EEA nationals, particularly where one or both parents will not be accompanying the child to the UK. In these cases it is reasonable to ask for the written consent of the child’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s) for the child to travel before issuing the EEA family permit.”

 

>>> The Premium Settlement Service Package is the USA (and only) allows the applicant applying for Settlement to keep both the passport and the Priority Service together

 

>>> Appeals (modernised guidance): https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/appeals-modernised-guidance

 

This collection brings together cross-cutting guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions about appeals

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Лондон отказался признавать образовательные документы РФ − посольство

 

Великобритания заблокировала заключение соглашения с Россией о взаимном признании документов об образовании, заявили в российском посольстве.

Британия отказалась признать российские дипломы об образовании, а политика Лондона негативно сказывается на образовательном секторе собственной страны, сообщили в посольстве РФ в Лондоне.

 

Ранее британские СМИ информировали, что число учеников-россиян в британских частных школах за последние два года сократилось почти на 40%.

 

"Действительно, обнародованные Советом независимых школ цифры обращают на себя внимание. На фоне ухудшившихся отношений между двумя странами, развязанной здесь антироссийской кампании, британское частное образование теряет свою привлекательность для россиян", − подчеркнули в российской диппмиссии.

 

Отмечается также, что родители из РФ опасаются недружелюбной среды для своих детей в британских учебных заведениях.

 

В посольстве указали, что в развитии ситуации большую роль играет блокирование Великобританией заключенного с Россией соглашения о взаимном признании документов об образовании.

 

"Таким образом, неразумная политика правительства консерваторов отрицательно сказывается на положении британского же образовательного сектора, и так подсчитывающего предстоящие в связи с Brexit убытки", − добавили в диппредставительстве.

 

Напомним, отношения России и Британии резко обострились на фоне инцидента в Солсбери, где были отравлены бывший российский шпион Сергей Скрипаль и его дочь.

 

Великобритания обвинила Россию в причастности к отравлению Скрипалей нервно-паралитическим веществом Новичок.

 

 

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>>> Tier 2 applicants and the drop of salary due to the foreign currency fluctuations

 

According to the UK BA, a salary may at no point drop below a minimum threshold due to exchange rate fluctuations.

 

>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Undocumented Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK (25 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Information about obtaining evidence for undocumented long-term residents of the UK to prove their status here.

25 April 2018: We have added information for landlords and employers conducting checks on undocumented Commonwealth citizens.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance Collection: Employers: illegal working penalties (25 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/e...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Information to help employers prevent illegal working and understand the fines (civil penalties) they face when they employ illegal workers.

 

25 April 2018: Added a link to new guidance for employers conducting right to work checks on undocumented Commonwealth citizens.

 

>>> Home Office and UK Visas and Immigration Guidance Collection: Migrant journey (18 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/m...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

A series of publications that explore migrants' journeys through the UK's immigration system.

 

The publications provide evidence on the behaviour of migrants entering the UK immigration system for the main routes of entry to the UK and the common pathways through the immigration system that result in settlement.

 

From the seventh report a more descriptive title has been adopted to indicate that this analysis provides information on changes over time in migrants’ visa and leave status.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance Collection: Appeals (modernised guidance) (27 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/a...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

This collection brings together cross-cutting guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions about appeals.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Appeal hearings (27 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

How UK Visas and Immigration manage administrative processes for appeal hearings.

27 April 2018: Guidance document updated.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Prepare appeal (27 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Modernised guidance for how UK Visas and Immigration prepares a case after an appeal is lodged.

27 April 2018: Guidance document updated.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Appeals process (27 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration staff on allocating, expediting, adjourning and concluding appeals.

27 April 2018: First published.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Appeal bundles (27 April 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration staff on how to prepare an appeal bundle and update caseworking systems.

27 April 2018: First published.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Endorsing bodies: Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) (01 May 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

List of authorised institutions for Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur).

 

1 May 2018: We have updated the list of authorised institutions.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Returns preparation (02 May 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

2 May 2018: Replaced the returns preparation with a new version.

 

>>> Correspondence from EU Parliament to Home Secretary re. online application for EU Citizens in UK post Brexit (30 April 2018): <noindex>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...tration-process</noindex>

 

MEPs sent a letter to UK Secretary of State raising concerns about the online application system to register the 3.5 million EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit.

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Британия заставит свои заморские территории раскрыть имена владельцев офшоров

 

Подтолкнуть британцев к такому шагу мог скандал с российскими деньгами.

 

Великобритания обязала свои заморские территории раскрыть имена владельцев зарегистрированных активов. Об этом сообщает Reuters.

 

Норма коснется, в частности, Каймановых островов и Британских Виргинских островов.

 

На остров Мэн и Нормандские острова нововведение распространяться не будет, поскольку британский парламент "не имеет права навязывать им свою волю".

 

Премьер-министр Британских Виргинских островов Орландо Смит уже высказал свою глубокую обеспокоенность событиями в Лондоне, назвав новую политику прозрачности "глубоко ошибочной".

 

"Это не только нарушение доверия, но и ставит под сомнение наши отношения с Великобританией и конституционные права людей на Британских Виргинских островах", - сказал он в своем заявлении.

 

Реакция премьера предсказуема, поскольку заморские территории планомерно сопротивлялись попыткам британских властей ввести политику открытости. Несколько политиков в британской правящей Консервативной партии объединились с оппозиционными парламентариями, чтобы поддержать изменения, которые были ранее выдвинуты бывшим премьер-министром Дэвидом Кэмероном.

 

Маргарет Ходж, депутат парламента от лейбористов, внесшая эту поправку, сказала, что это поможет предотвратить уклонение от уплаты налогов.

 

"Это остановит использование нашего секретного режима для сокрытия токсического богатства и отмывания денег в гнусных целях", - сказала она.

 

"С открытыми реестрами мы узнаем, кто чем владеет, мы сможем увидеть, где течет денежный поток, а затем мы будем лучше подготовлены к тому, чтобы искоренить грязные деньги и решить проблемы, которые возникают из-за них", - добавила Ходж.

 

Наоми Херст, пресс-секретарь группы по борьбе с коррупцией Global Witness, напомнила, что отравление бывшего российского двойного агента в Англии в марте, вероятно, оказало давление на правительство и заставило оперативнее принять решение. Ведь, как выяснилось, в той ситуации российские деньги семь раз поступали не непосредственно в Великобританию, а на британские заморские территории.

 

Нововведение должно заработать до конца 2020 года.

 

 

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>>> Surinder Singh route may be also suitable for the EEA partners of the British citizens on the basis that if family members include EEA nationals, then the Regulation 9 may also apply: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ritish-citizens</noindex>

 

>>> ILR BRP card only “valid” until 31 December 2024 – less than 10 years - why ?

The reason is the 2024 expiry date is due to an encryption requirement by the EU.

 

From the UK BA:

 

“The 31 December 2024 validity date is due to a requirement by the EU to restrict BRPs which do not incorporate the next generation of encryption technology.

 

As the UK intends to introduce the new technology during 2016 the date restriction affects only BRPs issued to adults with settled status (ILR/NTL).

 

Any BRP rightfully held on 01 July 2024 that is restricted will be replaced free of charge, with the balance of the 10 year period initially expected being issued on a new BRP.

 

This means that anyone who has paid a fee in expectation of receiving ten year evidence of settled status will still do so, but it will be spread over two BRPs.

 

The date restriction does not change the entitlements of the rightful holder to work, access services/benefits or travel. The rightful holder still has settled status.”

 

>>> Tier 1 Entrepreneur – legal representative’s confirmation in relation to para 41(a)(vii) of the Appendix A

 

The relevant financial institution’s in-house lawyers may be be able to provide the letter in paragraph 41(a)(vii), namely

“an original letter (or letters) from one or more legal representatives (who are not the applicant or the third party) confirming that the third party’s declaration and the letter from the financial institution contain the genuine signatures of the required signatories - paragraph 41(a)(vii) of Appendix A”

 

>> Tier 2 License sponsorship and the Resident Labour Market Test – the abolition of the Universal Jobmatch web site

 

The Universal Jobmatch will be replaced by 'Find a Job' on 14 May 2018. The UK BA has not yet updated their Guidance. At the same time the UK BA is aware of this the UK BA intends to shortly update their rules and guidance to reflect the change. The job adverts posted on either Universal Jobmatch (before it closed and which are still within the normal timescales) or the new Find a Job service can be used for the purpose of satisfying the Resident Labour Market Test.

 

From the UK BA:

 

“Transitional arrangement won’t be needed. We plan to update the Rules and guidance in the next scheduled update abut in the meantime, references to Universal Jobmatch should be interpreted as including its successor ‘Find a job’.

 

We’ve been advised that ‘Find a job’ will be available to employers from 14 May. No new jobs can be posted on Universal Jobmatch after 17 May, however as Universal Jobmatch won’t close until 18 June, the resident workforce will still be able to view advertisements placed on it for 28 days. After 18 June the adverts will disappear as they aren’t being migrated to the new platform.

 

As always, sponsors will be required to retain evidence:

Where the vacancy has been advertised online through Jobcentre Plus or Jobcentre Online, you must keep a screen shot from the relevant government website on the day the vacancy is first advertised which clearly shows all of the following:

 

• logo of the relevant government website hosting the job advertisement

• contents of the advert

• vacancy reference number for Universal Jobmatch vacancies this is the ‘Job ID number’ and for Jobcentre Online this is the Job Reference number

• date

• URLfor Universal Jobmatch vacancies this also contains the Job ID number

• closing date for applications

 

Note: the GOV.UK website will, over time become the main portal for government services and information in the UK. The following are accepted as relevant government websites for jobs advertised using Universal Jobmatch or, Jobcentre Plus for jobs advertised before 19 November 2012:

 

• JobCentre Online

• GOV.UK

• Direct Gov

 

Note: if the website clearly shows the date the vacancy was first advertised, the screen shot can be taken at any point during the period the vacancy is advertised.

 

Appendix D of the Sponsor guidance (from where the above information was taken) will be updated in due course to include references to ‘Find a job’.

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>>> Free movement rights: family members of British citizens – the Surinder Singh route: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ritish-citizens</noindex>

 

Guidance on how to consider an application for a residence card made by a family member of a British citizen.

 

>>> Caseworker guidance for applications under the Surinder Singh route: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...om-january-2014</noindex>

 

Guidance issued to caseworkers from January 2014 for handling applications under the Surinder Singh route.

 

>>> Processes and procedures for EEA documentation applications: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...on-applications</noindex>

 

Guidance on applications for a document to confirm a right of residence in the UK for a family member of a European Economic Area (EEA) national.

 

>>> EEA family permit: EUN02 : <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...der-singh-cases</noindex>

 

>>> EEA, Swiss nationals and EC association agreements (modernised guidance) and EEA modernized guidance: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/e...rnised-guidance</noindex>

 

This collection brings together the modernized guidance about EEA and Swiss nationals and EC association agreements used by UK Visas and Immigration.

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>>> New guidance for judges on granting immigration bail: <noindex>https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/upl...-2018-final.pdf</noindex>

 

The updated guidance naturally takes into account the significant changes brought about by the Immigration Act 2016.

 

The new guidance says that a bail hearing will be listed “as soon as possible, normally within three working days”. That does seem a bit ambitious. Only time will tell how readily the tribunal’s already stretched resources can cope with the bout of new cases which the expedited bail system and the automatic referral provisions will trigger.

 

The guidance also requires (in accordance with the Tribunal Procedure Rules) that the Secretary of State produce a bail summary in advance of the hearing and a copy of any removal directions. It will be useful to see how strict judges are in implementing this part of the Procedure Rules. In my experience, the Home Office routinely fails to provide any such summaries or copies of removal directions with little or no consequences.

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>>> Yet again the NEW EEA(PR) application form has been introduced: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-permanent-residence-document-or-permanent-residence-card-form-eea-pr?utm_source=b4e1bbbb-9eaf-43f4-9ace-59085f4f773c&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

 

Home Office Form: Apply for a permanent residence document or permanent residence card: form EEA (PR) (9 May 2018)

 

Form for an EEA or Swiss national, a non-EEA or non-Swiss family member of an EEA or Swiss national, to apply for a document certifying permanent residence or permanent residence card in UK.

 

>>> Home Office Guidance Collection re: Offender Management (9 May 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Guidance on immigration offender management for officers dealing with enforcement immigration matters within the UK.

 

>>> Home Office softens line on “no study” restrictions for refugee children: <noindex>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/go...ail-v2.0ext.pdf</noindex>

 

The Home Office has issued a revised guidance that should help asylum seekers and other migrant children in the UK who have been banned from studying under changes introduced at the beginning of the year.

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>>> Entry bans do not preclude residence card applications, says Court of Justice: <noindex>http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/docu...&cid=417248</noindex>

 

Head note:

 

“when the competent national authority receives, from a third-country national, an application for a right of residence for the purposes of family reunification with a Union citizen who is a national of the Member State concerned, that authority cannot refuse to examine that application solely on the ground that the third-country national is the subject of a ban on entering that Member State.”

 

>>> The role of the court in the Judicial Reviews

In judicial review cases the court plays a supervisory role: it will check whether the public body decision-maker has made a particular decision lawfully. It will not re-make the decision based on the merits, or what it thinks the decision ought to have been. But as established in the case of Harrison v SSHD [2003] EWCA Civ 432, where a legal right to citizenship is concerned, a person can bring proceedings in the High Court for a declaration that he or she is so entitled. The case is also a useful example of a powerful remedy for individuals whose right to automatic citizenship has been disputed by the state, where evidence is properly and fully evaluated by an impartial court.

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>>> Asylum can be refused for general promotion of terrorism: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/933.html</noindex>

 

The Court of Appeal in Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 933 decided that the appellant was disqualified from refugee status because he had incited terrorist acts in general. There was no requirement for there to be a link between his incitement and a specific terrorist act.

 

>>> Court of Appeal weighs in on “persistent offenders”: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/929.html</noindex>

 

The Court of Appeal in SC (Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 929 gives yet another new decision on the deportation of foreign criminals, this time on the definition of “persistent offenders”. Its discussion of the concept, while interesting enough, makes no real changes to the law as set down previously by the Upper Tribunal.

 

 

 

 

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>>> UK Visas and Immigration Form: Settle in the UK in various immigration categories: form SET(O) (16 May 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...he-uk-form-seto</noindex>

 

Form to apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK in various immigration categories and for a biometric residence permit.

 

This form keeps being updated by the UK BA now every month ! Previous version of the form is dated April 2018 ! The old form can be used up to 21 days from the introduction of the new form. Be careful !

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Undocumented Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK (14 May 2018): <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Information about obtaining evidence for undocumented long-term residents of the UK to prove their status here.

 

>>> UK Visas and Immigration Guidance: Returns preparation (15 May 2018): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/returns-preparation?utm_source=22b90a2c-c7ee-47d9-9e57-f3af959b0db4&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

 

Guidance on arranging removals for officers dealing with immigration enforcement matters within the UK.

 

15 May 2018: Removed the Member of Parliament (MP) representations document as this Arranging removal document has replaced it.

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>>> High Court throws spanner in the works of automatic detention policy: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2018/1045.html</noindex>

 

The case of R (Lauzikas) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1045 (Admin) marks an important development in the law on the detention of European nationals pending deportation. The key finding is that the standards set out in the Free Movement directive, including proportionality and necessity, must govern the decision to detain, and not merely the linked decision to deport.

 

 

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>>> Number of migrants removed from UK continues to decline: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/im...018-data-tables</noindex>

 

The number of people removed from the UK by the Home Office is at its lowest level in well over a decade, new statistics show. Fewer than 7,000 migrants were recorded as leaving the UK under either an enforced or voluntary Home Office scheme in January-March 2018 — the lowest in any given quarter since 2005.

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>>> Which is the correct test to apply for Settlement as a spouse/partner of a British citizen/Settled person ?

 

Apparently, the IELTS Life Skills in Listening and speaking at the A1 level. One may be tempted to pass the higher level UKVI Academic IELTS test, yet despite being a higher level test, the Settlement application under the Appendix FM is likely to be refused.

This is the UK BA, folks ! ©

 

>>> Can an immigration application, for example, FLR(FP), be still lodged when the migrant is in detention ?

 

Yes, apparently, in line with the Section GEN, para GEN.1.9.(a)(ii) of the Appendix FM:

“(ii) where a migrant is in immigration detention. A migrant in immigration detention or their representative must submit any application or claim raising Article 8 to a prison officer, a prisoner custody officer, a detainee custody officer or a member of Home Office staff at the migrant’s place of detention”.

 

The immigration application fee waiver may be applicable in this case.

 

>>> Can a valid immigration application under the UK Immigration Rules be made with an expired passport ?

Yes, apparently, in line with the para 34(5)((ii):

 

( Proof of identity for the purpose of this Rule means:

(ii) if the applicant does not have a valid passport or national identity card, their most recent passport or (except a PBS applicant) their most recent national identity card

 

 

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>> “New streamlined service” for in-country applications announced: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sopra-st...ntent=immediate</noindex>

 

Interesting development on in-country applications. A new service delivered by outsourcing firm Sopra Steria will see supporting information processed at local libraries rather than people having to post it in with their application:

 

“Under the new arrangements people using the service will be able to submit biometric information including photos, fingerprints, and signatures and their supporting evidence at a single appointment. The evidence will then be copied and sent to UKVI, meaning that people won’t have to hand over important documents, such as passports, whilst the applications are processed.”.

 

The contract is widely seen as part of the preparations for registering over three million EU citizens and their families for settled status after Brexit. It will begin in October 2018.

 

>>> Tribunal opens door to awards of costs against Home Office for unreasonable behaviour – the case of Awuah (No 2) (8 December 2017)

 

A heavyweight Presidential panel sitting in the First-tier Tribunal has made multiple awards of costs against the Home Office for unreasonable behaviour and given guidance on the proper approach to making such awards in future. Despite the decision being promulgated in December 2017, the Upper Tribunal’s Reporting Committee has elected not to report the decision and it has not yet been added even to the databases of unreported decisions.

 

>>> Pressure on the visa quota system continues to build, new figures show: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...-of-sponsorship</noindex>

 

What started as a minor aberration has now turned into a worrying trend. The Home Office confirmed on 24 May that we have hit the monthly cap on visas for skilled non-EU workers for the sixth month in a row. On top of that, Freedom of Information data shows that the situation does not look like it will ease up any time soon.

 

The visa “cap” was introduced by the coalition government in 2010 to curb the number of new applicants who could come to the UK every year on a Tier 2 General visa. It was until recently an entirely benign piece of policy which enabled the government to confidently declare that it was controlling net migration, while in reality having very little real practical effect on the Tier 2 system. Over the last few months it has begun to show its teeth.

 

As the result – the backlog is not clearing. The last few months have seen it hover around the 45 to 50 points mark — equivalent to a job with a salary of £50,000. This means that requests for certificates for jobs with salaries under £50K are highly likely to be refused.

 

>>> Court of Appeal puts Maslov deportation guidance in its place: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1104.html</noindex>

 

The Court of Appeal upholding a decision to deport a foreign criminal is hardly front-page news at the moment. But Mwesezi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1104 throws up some interesting reminders about how to approach Strasbourg jurisprudence in this area.

The appellant is a Ugandan national who had accepted in the First-tier Tribunal that he had committed offences “of extreme seriousness”. He sought to rely on his Article 8 right to a private life to prevent his removal. Mr Mwesezi has a conviction of more than four years in prison, and therefore needed to show that there were “very compelling circumstances” in his case to outweigh the public interest in his deportation.

 

The First-tier Tribunal agreed with the appellant, but was overturned on appeal by the Upper Tribunal.

The Court of Appeal agreed with its Upper Tribunal counterparts. Mr Mwesezi had committed very serious offences as an adult. He had no compelling family ties. Of particular importance was the finding that the appellant would not face very significant obstacles to his integration in Uganda.

 

>>> Certification of accidental human rights claim upheld: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1108.html</noindex>

 

The Court of Appeal in R (Joshi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1108 has decided that a claim is a human rights claim if in substance, regardless of form, it is a human rights claim.

 

Having received an application asking for extension of time in which to find a Tier 4 sponsor on the basis of Article 8 rights, the Secretary of State was entitled to read it as a human rights claim founded on those rights, and entitled to certify it as clearly unfounded.

 

>>> Upper Tribunal time limits: clock starts to run when written decisions are <sent> :

 

This one took effect on 14 May 2018 and is about the time limit for appeals to the Upper Tribunal. Basically the clock starts ticking on the date that written reasons are sent out — not the date on which they are received.

 

This is the effect of the Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018 (2018 No. 511 (L. 7)). They amend Rule 33 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 (SI 2014 No. 2604 (L. 31)). Rule 33 originally ran as follows:

 

33.—(1) A party seeking permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal must make a written application to the Tribunal for permission to appeal.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), an application under paragraph (1) must be provided to the Tribunal so that it is received no later than 14 days after the date on which the party making the application was provided with written reasons for the decision.

(3) Where an appellant is outside the United Kingdom, an application to the Tribunal under paragraph (1) must be provided to the Tribunal so that it is received no later than 28 days after the date on which the party making the application was provided with written reasons for the decision.

 

So, whatever the position before, it is now clear that an in-country appellant has 14 days, from the day on which written decisions are put in the post, to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. An out-of-country applicant has 28 days to appeal from the date of postage.

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В Евросоюзе запретили фотографирование

 

С 25 мая во всех странах Евросоюза вступил в силу запрет, который коснется абсолютно всех туристов. Как информирует replyua.net со ссылкой на портал «Точка», этот запрет может существенно навредить как местным жителям, так и иностранным туристам.

 

Дело в том, что теперь в ЕС запрещает фотографирование и публикация снимков с третьими лицами, - то есть с незнакомыми людьми, которые попадают в объектив камеры. Если кто-то чужой все-таки попал в объектив камеры, необходимо взять с него письменное разрешение на публикацию материала в социальной сети. Если же это невозможно, то у фотографа остается два варианта для выхода из сложившейся ситуации: редактирование снимка, обеспечивающее «размытость» лиц незнакомых людей, или же отказ от публикации снимков в Интернете.

 

Этот закон накладывает «вето» на общие снимки и на панораму многих достопримечательностей, ведь в Европе очень много мест, где круглые сутки бывает многолюдно, поэтому у туристов не получится сделать «одинокие» фото, к примеру, на фоне Эйфелевой башни или же Биг-Бена.

 

 

 

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>>> Woman denied passport, then detained for failure to leave UK: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2018/1010.html</noindex>

 

R (Eroje) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1010 (Admin) is a shocking story of Home Office incompetence which led to the unnecessary and unlawful detention of someone who had made repeated attempts to leave the UK voluntarily.

 

>>> No more tiers: points to be taken out of the Points Based System? See <noindex>https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201...1075/107502.htm</noindex>

 

Buried in the government’s official reply to a recent report of the Home Affairs committee of MPs is the following nugget:

 

"We keep all our Immigration Rules under review, and respond to feedback from applicants and other interested parties where appropriate. For example, in January 2018 we implemented re-written rules for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) which are clearer and easier to follow, and in addition, we have announced plans to build on the success of the new visitor Rules introduced in April 2015, and simplify the Immigration Rules for work categories along similar lines. We will use plain English [and] remove the out-dated terminology of tiers and points-scoring. Our aim is to make the rules as easy as possible for applicants and their sponsors to understand and use.”

 

The Law Commission is already working on a project to redraft the Immigration Rules so as to make them clearer. This proposed simplification of the rules for work visas specifically will, one assumes, have a similar objective: clearer language without changing the substance. I don’t know exactly how that will work if you’re talking about removing points from a System that is famously Based on Points, but any simplification must be welcome in principle.

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>>> Satisfying the Immigration Rules enough for Article 8 success: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1109.html</noindex>

 

The test for an Article 8 claim to stay in the UK within the Immigration Rules is whether there are “insurmountable obstacles” to continuing family life outside the UK. But even if an applicant does pass this test, there is a further hurdle: whether removal is disproportionate. An important question here is what weight the test under the Immigration Rules has in making this decision on proportionality.

At least, that was the position until the recent decision in TZ (Pakistan) and PG (India) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1109. The Court of Appeal has now stated that, where Article 8 is engaged, satisfying the Immigration Rules also means that removal is disproportionate. An applicant who gets over the first Article 8 hurdle need not worry about the second.

 

>>> The Court of Justice of the European Union handed down a decision in the case of C-647/16 Adil Hassan v Prefet du Pas-de-Calais concerning the Dublin III Regulation

 

Headnote:

 

“When a person travels to a Member State after making a request for international protection in another Member State, the first Member State cannot decide to transfer that person to the second Member State before that second State has agreed to the request to take that person back”.

 

 

 

 

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>>> No costs awarded despite “clearly unfounded” certification being withdrawn: <noindex>http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2018/1059.html</noindex>

 

In ZN (Afghanistan) and KA (Iraq) [2018] EWCA Civ 1059, the Court of Appeal considered the tricky issue of costs in public law cases, in a scenario where the appeals were withdrawn following consent orders.

 

 

 

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>>> UK Government’s current intentions in relation to the EU nationals after Brexit – an UPDATE: <noindex>https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201...1075/107502.htm</noindex>

 

• EU nationals arriving in the UK between 29 March 2019 and 31 December 2020, and intending to stay longer than three months, will need to register (no particular details on this registration scheme are available at present)

• EU nationals and their family members will have until 30 June 2021 to apply under the new “EU Exit Settlement Scheme”

• The new EU Exit Settlement Scheme will be launched by the end of 2018

• EU nationals residing in the UK before 31 December 2020 will be able to have their family members join them, provided those family relations existed before that date. Future partners will need to meet the requirements of the domestic Immigration Rules (aka Appendix FM, £18 600+ threshold, TB, English language tests etc)

• The Dublin III arrangements will continue to apply during the transitional period

 

>>> Same-sex spouses should benefit from free movement rights, says CJEU: eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:en:PDF

 

Following a reference made to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the Romanian Constitutional Court, the CJEU has ruled that “spouses” in Directive 2004/38 include same-sex spouses.

 

The case is C-673/16 Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Others and the CJEU’s press release summarises the finding as follows:

“Although the Member States have the freedom whether or not to authorise marriage between persons of the same sex, they may not obstruct the freedom of residence of an EU citizen by refusing to grant his same-sex spouse, a national of a country that is not an EU Member State, a derived right of residence in their territory”.

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>>> What if the FLRM extension application refused on the basis of failing to meet the A2 English language level test requirement ?

 

The answer is “appeal”, as such a refusal is likely to be disproportionate and unlawful.

 

Para 32B of the Rules states:

…

the decision-maker may discount the test certificate or result and require the applicant to provide a new test certificate or result from an approved provider which shows that they meet the requirement, if they are not exempt from it.

 

The, the Appendix FM section 1.21states:

 

If there is uncertainty as to whether a test certificate, result or other specified document was previously accepted by the Home Office as part of a successful previous partner or parent application, the decision maker may request other specified evidence from the applicant to demonstrate that they meet the English language requirement.

If the only reason for the refusal was a suspect English test, then a fair and sensible ECO/caseworker would have given the applicant an opportunity to provide other specified evidence.

Moreover, the case-law notes in HU071822015 & Ors. [2017] UKAITUR HU071822015 (14 August 2017) state:

“This appeal came before me for an error of law hearing on 19 July 2017. I found an error of law in the decision of the First tier Tribunal, which I append. The parties agreed I could re-make the decision without the need for an oral hearing, but with the assistance of written submissions, which I have now received.

2. The only issue outstanding, it now being accepted that the Appellants meet the financial requirements of the Rules, is whether the Entry Clearance Officer erred in failing to contact the first Appellant to request an English language certificate from an approved provider, in line with the principle of evidential flexibility. This is now set out in Appendix FM SE, the relevant provisions of which are as follows: …

…

 

Answer

 

36. I conclude that the answer to the question identified in para 1 above is “yes”: the agency’s refusal of Mr Mandalia’s application was unlawful because, properly interpreted, the process instruction obliged it first to have invited him to repair the deficit in his evidence.”

…

 

So the course of the action could be to appeal, take the test (prior to appeal decision) and cite above.

 

>>> Applying for a UK visa from the USA – settlement and non-settlement applications process

See all the details here: <noindex>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/...visa-in-the-usa</noindex>

 

 

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Если честно, но не вижу никаких проблем. За 20 лет работы, клиенты ни разу не получали отказы в визах, т.к. при подаче мы просто придерживались требований британских визовых гайденсов.

 

 

 

 

 

Великобритания за год 6 раз отказала Украине в переговорах о визах

 

Официальный Лондон с 2017 года не менее 6 раз отказывал Киеву в переговорах об изменении действия визового режима или проблемах с выдачей виз.

Об этом со ссылкой на Европейскую правду сообщает БизнесЦензор.

 

Посольство Украины в Лондоне в письменном комментарии подтвердило, что получает отказ за отказом. В течение 2017 года МВД Великобритании, которое занимается визами, четыре раза подтверждало отсутствие намерения менять визовый режим для Украины.

 

"В 2018 году посольство дважды предлагало провести консультации, в том числе по поводу задержек в выдаче виз, необоснованных отказов, возможности обжалования решений, возмещения расходов и т.п. Все ответы британской стороны были отрицательными", - говорится в статье.

 

Бывшая руководительница британского МВД Эмбер Радд в свое время признала свой отказ вести с Украиной переговоры об отмене виз даже для владельцев дипломатических паспортов.

 

"Здесь есть измерение миграционной угрозы и угрозы национальной безопасности", - пояснила министр и предложила обсудить этот вопрос на межведомственном уровне.

 

В октябре прошлого года Алан Дункан, министр по делам Европы и Америки, который отвечает за украинское направление в британском МИД, написал очень подробное письмо в МВД Британии, где перечислил недостатки в работе визовой службы и предложил коллегам пути их решения.

 

Однако в МВД Британии отвергли все его идеи и объяснили, что вообще не видят проблем.

 

"Ответ тогдашней руководительницы Home Office, госпожи Эмбер Радд, датированный ноябрем, говорит твердое нет по всем предложениям. Кроме того, она вообще не увидела проблем в работе своих подчиненных, поэтому не планирует исправлять даже откровенные ошибки", - говорится в статье.

 

В частности, бывшая руководительница МВД категорически не согласна с претензиями по продолжительности рассмотрения заявок. "15 рабочих дней - это и так довольно конкурентное предложение", - заявила Радд в 2017 году.

 

В МВД Британии также не считают проблемой то, что визы для граждан Украины печатают в Варшаве, а не в Киеве.

 

"На резонные замечания МИД собственной страны о том, что дипмиссия в Киеве (и лично посол) вынуждены тратить время на решение проблем, созданных Варшавой, руководитель этого ведомства, словно издеваясь, ответила: а вы не общайтесь с теми, у кого проблемы, переадресовывайте на нас", - говорится в публикации.

 

Украина была на завершающей стадии переговоров об упрощении визового режима с Великобританией, однако события 2013-14 годов остановили этот процесс.

 

 

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